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The Flesh and Blood behind the Mortar in Triumvirate: McKim, Mead, & White: Art, Architecture, Scandal, and Class in America’s Gilded Age

Posted by on September 14, 2011

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Buildings can be iconic works of art, but buildings are also built by people for people. So, the story of architecture is also about the people involved. Triumvirate: Mckim, Mead, & White: Art, Architecture, Scandal, and Class in America’s Gilded Age by Mosette Glaser Broderick is the story of one of the most famous architectural firms of the Gilded Age and it also explores the architects’ friendships, marriages, divorces, and scandals.

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52 for 150: What’s So Special About Architect Michael Graves?

Posted by on April 4, 2011

In the spirit of National Library Week, for week 14 of our Kansas sesquicentennial series we’re taking a closer look at the library as an “art object” and at Michael Graves, the architect behind the design of our current building. Architecture merges science with design to create living, functional spaces which, over time, can become iconic cultural symbols [...]

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